Tag: supply chain assurance
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Weekend Wisdom: ICO Fines, Ransomware, NEW SIRO dates and more
- by Connor McBean
- Advent IM Blog Industry News
We’re back bringing you another Weekend Wisdom. We will get straight into it, this week in Advent IM news: NEW TRAINING DATES ANNOUNCED: Senior Information Risk Owner Training for Public Sector and Police book your place here How Do Supply Chains Become Infected? Find out here Ellie Hurst, Head of Marcomms and Media will be […]
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Toyota forced to close factories after cyber attack on supplier
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
14 Japanese factories closed after parts supplier Kojima Industries was hit A cyber attack on automotive parts supplier Kojima Industries on Monday has halted Toyota’s car production in Japan. A spokesperson for Kojima, a supplier of air conditioning, steering wheel components and other parts to Toyota, confirmed that a virus had been found on its […]
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Supply chain cyber security is only as strong as the weakest link
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
A spate of high-profile cyber attacks has highlighted the criticality of supply chain security and put new pressures on security leaders. How can we ensure that cyber security remains robust down the full length of supply chains? From CloudHopper to SolarWinds, businesses have seen email fraud and account compromise bring down entire systems. Most worryingly […]
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Half of organisations breached via a third party in 12 months
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
New report highlights the risks of outsourcing key business processes without paying due care and attention to your service provider’s security Read via Computer Weekly.
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Singtel falls prey to supply chain attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Singapore telco reveals that its Accellion file sharing system was illegally hacked in a supply chain attack Read via Computer Weekly.
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UK firm NOW: Pensions tells some customers a ‘service partner’ leaked their data all over ‘public software forum’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has emailed a number of UK customers to warn about a data leakage caused by contractor error. Read via The Register.
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Critical National Infrastructure and Supply Chain Threat
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
When we talk about Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), we are discussing a hugely mixed bag of organisations; utilities, education, banking, health etc. Some are in private or partially in private hands, others are non-UK owned (and also in private hands) and they have a variety of security challenges but one thing connects them, quite apart […]
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Ever wished you could pick the brains of a security expert?
- by Ellie Hurst
- General
Mike has a few things to say about MySecuritySurgery. Have you ever wished you could the pick the brains of a expert for just a day to help you understand or implement a specific area of security and help you move forward? Well now you can! Here at Advent IM we have always been passionate […]
Read MoreOne in three small businesses admitted to not having any cyber security strategies in place at all
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
You have read this headline elsewhere today. It may have been another story that you noticed without noticing, perhaps made a ‘tsk’ noise about then moved on, possibly to read about the latest data breach or ransomware outbreak. The vast majority of businesses in the UK are SMEs. They are a hugely important part of […]
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